Behind The Binge

Behind The Binge

By Marissa Kai Miluk, MS, RDN, LDHealth & FitnessNutrition
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Behind The Binge episodes

  • #24 Do you have to restrict carbs to manage blood sugar with diabetes? [Intuitive diabetes management with Amanda Ciprich, RD]

    Are you trying to manage diabetes with your diet? What if I told you that you could ditch dieting and lower your blood sugar at the same time? 


    That sounds crazy, right?  You are probably thinking "yeah -  I could do that but my numbers would be crazy and my medical team would NOT be happy with me!.”


    Well, what if I told you that you could eat what you want when you want…including sugar... WHILE reducing your A1C and enjoying the freedom to enjoy your life again!


    On the show today, I’m talking with a fellow intuitive eating dietitian, Amanda Ciprich about how to manage your diabetes intuitively!


    Amanda Ciprich is a registered dietitian who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes almost 10 years ago. During the early stages of her diagnosis, she felt herself going down a path of restriction and obsession, which left her feeling weighed down and consumed by her diabetes diagnosis. She craved the freedom to enjoy her life without diabetes getting in the way and knew there had to be a way to find her love for food once again.


    Amanda ultimately decided to pursue a career as a registered dietitian to teach other people living with diabetes and their families how to manage their blood sugars without giving up the foods they love. Amanda's approach gives you tools that incorporate prioritizing yourself mentally, emotionally, and physically so you can navigate any scenario that life with diabetes throws at you.


    Listen in to learn more :

    • Does weight play a role in diabetes management? [9:04]
    • How praise and “good” lab values affected Amanda’s quality of life [27:19]
    • What factors affect blood sugar other than food? [41:10]
    • Plus lots more tips and ideas to help you manage your diabetes, eat what you want when you want, and enjoy life again!

    • Ways to connect with Amanda


      Instagram:  @t1d.nutritionist


      Website: t1dnutritionist.com


      Resources


      Don’t forget to check out my newest course, Overcoming Your Body Image Barriers to Binge Freedom -  behindthebinge.com/bodyimage


      Behind the Binge Academy - https://makainutrition.com/behindthebingeacademy/

      1 hr
    • #23 Overcoming Body Image Barriers to Find Binge Freedom for Good!

      It’s almost the end of 2022, can you believe it? Are you ready to overcome binge eating? Ready to pursue positive health without stalking the scale? Well, today’s episode is for you!


      In this episode, I share 3 body image barriers to overcome that are keeping you from binge freedom. I also tell you all about my latest course and BLACK Friday special. You won’t want to miss it!


      To get those details now - head over to behindthebinge.com/bodyimage


      Listen in to learn more :

      • How to Get specific on Why you want binge freedom and what your goals are.
      • Redefining what being “healthy” means and what are your values when it comes to health and wellness
      • How to manage comments from family and friends as well as weight stigma?
      • All the details on my new course, Overcoming your Body Image Barriers to Binge Freedom, AND my Black Friday Special!

      • What’s so special is that I am launching this course for Black Friday LIVE for 3-days where I will teach the materials in real with a Q&A at the end of each so you can get clarity straight from me to take what you learned in each live lesson and apply it to your life. The training will happen live on the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday after Thanksgiving, (November 29 - December 1)


        You will also get the course recordings to keep for LIFE with any updates I make to it! I don’t think I’ve ever offered a lifetime resource this valuable. 


        This is only happening ONE TIME live where usually only my coaching clients get live access to me like this, so let’s prepare you for a life free from your war with food and your body in 2022!


        Resources:


        Don’t forget to check out my newest course, Overcoming Your Body Image Barriers to Binge Freedom -  behindthebinge.com/bodyimage


        Behind the Binge Academy - https://makainutrition.com/behindthebingeacademy/

        33 min
      • #22 Heal your relationship with movement & embrace culture [with Natasha Ngindi]

        In this episode, we are chatting with Natasha Ngindi about overcoming her addiction to diet culture, moving to a new country as a child, and how her journey is inspiring others to food freedom and acceptance.


        Natasha Ngindi is a Canadian Non-Diet Nutritionist, Zumba Instructor, and Entrepreneur. She spent years being a slave to diet culture but she was never able to keep the weight off. After hitting rock bottom, she finally gained food freedom and learned to truly love herself. Her lived experiences inspired her to help others gain food freedom and accept their bodies too.


        Listen in to learn more :

        • Tasha’s relationship with food and her body was like before being introduced to intuitive eating [5:00]
        • What was the cultural shift like for Tasha when she moved to Canada as a young child? [6:15]
        • Ways to identify a disordered relationship with exercise? [16:25]
        • Plus much more on becoming free from diet culture and loving our bodies.

        • Connect with Tasha on her website https://www.thethicknutritionist.com/ or follow her on Instagram @thethickutritionist


          Resources:


          Behind the Binge Academy - https://makainutrition.com/behindthebingeacademy/

          33 min
        • #21: Why Dietitian Bonnie Roney went from low-carb weight loss coaching to intuitive eating (@diet.culture.rebel).

          Do you have a good relationship with food?


          A good relationship with food involves that no foods are off-limits, and you don't feel guilt or shame when eating those foods that are typically labeled “good” or “bad.” Our relationship with food, whether good, bad, or in between, starts when we are young and what we experience in our childhood.


          In this episode, we are chatting with Bonnie Roney aka The Diet Culture Rebel Coach. Bonnie shares her story dealing with diet culture and disordered eating, growing up vegetarian, becoming a dietitian with a focus on low carb weight loss, and how and why she switched to intuitive eating.


          Bonnie Roney is a Registered Dietitian & Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor who lives in sunny Tampa, Florida. Bonnie helps others heal from disordered eating using an Intuitive Eating approach so they can enjoy food again & eat without guilt.


          Listen in to learn more :

          • Bonnie’s relationship with food developed growing up in a vegetarian family. [2:35]
          • You can’t rush the journey when establishing a new relationship with food [11:25]
          • What was it moving from a low-carb diet coach to taking a stand against diet culture? [17:00]
          • Plus much more information on anti-diet culture and how being healthy really gets to the root of our relationship with food.

          • Connect with Bonnie on their website http://www.bonnieroney.com/  or follow her  on Instagram @diet.culture.rebel


            Resources:

            • Brene Brown’s 3 things you can do to stop a shame spiral 
            • https://makainutrition.com/behindthebingeacademy/

            • If you'd like to follow along with me on socials, you can find me here:


              Instagram @behind.the.binge @binge.nutritionist


              Youtube: Binge Nutritionist


              Send me an email: [email protected]


              Website: MaKaiNutrition.com

              42 min
            • #20: Healthism & Body Confidence [Unlearning fatphobia with Victoria Welsby)

              Our bodies are constantly changing. How we feel about our bodies has changed over the years as well. A lot of us have a complicated relationship with our body right? A lot of our feelings about our bodies are probably unconscious, you may not even be aware of them. We start to embrace diet culture, become fatphobic or have low body confidence.


              You may not realize it but Fatphobia is not just about challenging how society views fat people based upon their physical size and shape. It also looks at our fear of becoming fat and disliking ourselves in our own bodies.


              In this episode, we are chatting with Victoria Welsby about unlearning fatphobia and how it is impacting someone's self-esteem and authenticity. Victoria Welsby (they/them) is a world-leading expert on dismantling fatphobia and diet-culture, TEDx speaker, and best-selling author. They went from being homeless, abused with self-esteem that was achingly low into the courageous fat activist and change maker they are today. Victoria helps people fall in love with themselves and is dedicated to shifting the way society views fat bodies.


              Listen in to learn more : 

              • Victoria’s journey and what brought them to the place where they are today.
              • How does fatphobia impact someone’s self-esteem and authenticity?
              • Why Victoria is thankful for their cheating ex-boyfriend?
              • Practical advice for those just starting on their journey to becoming their true self with body confidence.

              • Connect with Victoria on their website www.fiercefatty.com or follow them on Instagram @fierce.fatty


                Resources:

                • I Am Fat - How to Be Confident and Love Your Body at Any Size | Victoria Welsby | TEDxStanleyPark
                • Fierce Fatty: Love Your Body and Live Like The Queen You Already Are

                • If you'd like to follow along with me on socials, you can find me here:


                  Instagram @behind.the.binge @binge.nutritionist



                  Youtube: Binge Nutritionist


                  Send me an email: [email protected]


                  Website: MaKaiNutrition.com

                  48 min
                • #19 Emotional eating is okay. Seriously. [Stop the stigma & reap the benefits of comfort food]

                  How often do you hear the phrase "food is fuel" and "nourish your body"? We hear this all the time, but usually, this excludes emotional fuel or emotional nourishment.  

                  Meeting the needs of our body is not just about physical survival. We also need to meet the emotional needs ourselves as well. Eating can be part of a healthful, helpful toolbox of coping skills for you on your journey.

                  In today's episode, I'll share all about how emotional eating has such a negative connotation. You'll leave with some ideas for adding more coping tools, including putting eating back into your toolbox!

                  In this episode, you'll hear:

                  • Eating to cope with emotions, positively and negatively. [3:31]
                  • When & how emotional eating developed a negative connotation to it.  [5:03]
                  • Food can be a very effective coping tool [10:22]
                  • Some coping mechanisms bring you into the emotion and out of it  [12:58]
                  • What to do when food isn't helpful as a coping tool [18:27]
                  • Plus, lots more information on how to cope with our emotions and emotional eating.
                  • Resources:

                    • Eating is Emotional - NEDAwareness Week Blog
                    • Dr. Rachel Millner
                    • National Eating Disorders Association
                    • If you'd like to follow along with me on socials, you can find me here:


                      Instagram @behind.the.binge @binge.nutritionist


                      Youtube: Binge Nutritionist


                      Send me an email:  [email protected]


                      Website: MaKaiNutrition.com

                      23 min
                    • #18 How Mya Kwon is bringing the Anti-Diet approach to the dietetics curriculum

                      In this episode (#18) we speak with Mya Kwon about the work she is doing to bring weight-neutral practices to the curriculums of various health majors, like dietetics!

                      Mya is a Registered Dietitian and holds a Master of Public Health in Nutritional Sciences from the University of Washington. She practices and teaches from an anti-diet and weight-inclusive approach.  She is currently a nutrition faculty at Seattle Pacific University, teaching a wide range of nutrition courses for various health majors from this weight-inclusive lens, and feels passionate about educating students about the harms of weight-biased care.  

                      Additionally, in her online business, she facilitates a virtual group program called “Body Respect,” geared towards helping individuals move away from food guilt and body shame, and into food + body peace.  

                      She can be found on Instagram @foodbody.peace and her website, https://www.foodbodypeace.com/


                      In this episode you'll hear:

                      • Mya's journey to teaching and dietetics [5:17]
                      • How Mya is addressing some of the gaps in the dietetics curriculum at the university level to help see the whole patient  [10:20]
                      • Defining the anti-diet approach to health and nutrition  [14:21]
                      • The Effectiveness of Diets and weight-centric approaches. [ 16:04]
                      • Mya shares examples of her own clients that went diagnosed due to a previous experience with a weight-centric approach [21:35]
                      • The impact of weight-neutral modalities and how that impacts future practitioners. [24:41]
                      • & more great discussion on weight-centric bias and how it affects our mental, physical and emotional health. 

                      • Resources: 

                        • Behind the Binge Podcast Episode 17 with Dr. Maggie Landes
                        • Weight Inclusive Nutrition & Dietetics (WIND)

                        • If you'd like to follow along with me on socials, you can find me here:

                          Instagram @behind.the.binge @binge.nutritionist

                          Youtube: Binge Nutritionist

                          MaKaiNutrition.com

                          50 min
                        • #17 Weight bias in healthcare: Dr. Maggie Landes shares why she aligns with Health at Every Size® as a physician.

                          Episode 17. In this episode, we are chatting with Dr. Maggie Landes about weight bias in healthcare and how it is impacting equitable healthcare treatment.

                          Dr. Maggie Landes is a board-certified physician, public health nutritionist, and anti-diet wellness expert. She created her signature getEATfluenced® coaching program to help women who are exasperated with chronic dieting, be able to fix their food overwhelm and live a full and unrestricted life pursuing their personal passions without the distraction of rigid eating behavior. She is also the creator and host of “The Eatfluencer Podcast” where she and her guests dig into the mindset work required to construct a healthy, complete, and high-quality life unlimited by the oppression of diet culture.

                          Follow her on Instagram: @drmaggielandesmd


                          If you'd like to follow along with me on socials, you can find me here:
                          Instagram @behind.the.binge @binge.nutritionist
                          Youtube: Binge Nutritionist
                          MaKaiNutrition.com

                          56 min
                        • #16 Intuitive eating with a chronic disease [Andrea's Story]

                          Episode 16. In this episode, we are chatting about navigating Irritable Bowl Disease (IBD) while on an intuitive eating journey! We are joined with my past group coaching client, Andrea, as she shares how her diagnosis of Colitis impacted her binge recovery and shares tips for anyone who may also have a chronic condition and feels lost on how you can both manage your health condition and have food freedom. We also did this recording live on IG, you can watch the IGTV video version @binge.nutritionist :)

                          In this episode you'll hear: 

                          Andrea's history with dieting & veganism [4:36]
                          Is Intuitive Eating just another diet? [8:27]
                          How the IBD diagnosis changed her binge freedom journey [12:15]
                          Emotional Eating [17:05]
                          Andrea's journaling tips for recovery [23:02]
                          Answering live listener questions about managing a chronic condition with food freedom [26:21]


                          If you’re ready to heal your relationship with food and your body. you’re in the right place! Join Behind The Binge Academy, my signature group coaching program so you can create a healthful life where you eat without guilt, stress or obsession.


                          If you'd like to follow along with me on socials, you can find me here: 

                          Instagram @behind.the.binge @binge.nutritionist 
                          Youtube: Binge Nutritionist
                           MaKaiNutrition.com

                          36 min
                        • #15 What is Body Grief? with Bri Campos, LPC

                          Episode 15. In this episode, we are chatting with Bri Campos all about Body Image and Body Grief. Brianna (Bri) Campos is a licensed mental health counselor based in New Jersey. As a body image educator and the founder of Body Image With Bri, she’s passionate about all things body image and practices through the lens of Health at Every Size® and Intuitive Eating. Utilizing a weight-inclusive approach, she combines her clinical skills and lived experience to teach others how to maneuver through their own unique body image journeys. Follow her on Instagram: @bodyimagewithbri and visit her online. In this episode you'll hear: Jumping from body hate to body love [4:53] How Bri was thrown into her own body image healing journey [8:13] Misconceptions Body Positivity [9:53] Defining Body Grief [12:14] Health & Body Image [15:50] Body Image and your Beliefs[20:14] Bri’s Formula for Body Image [30:09] & more body image goodness! If you'd like to follow along with me on socials, you can find me here: Instagram @behind.the.binge @binge.nutritionist Youtube: Binge Nutritionist [email protected] MaKaiNutrition.com

                          50 min

                        About Behind The Binge

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                        Behind The Binge podcast, hosted by Registered Dietitian Marissa Kai Miluk, is your resource to learn more about how to cultivate a healthful relationship with food and your body, free from binge eating.